Rain queen (10) soon to be inaugurated
The people of Bolobedu will soon be led by the world’s youngest queen when 10-year-old Masalanabo Modjadji is inaugurated as Queen Modjadji 7.
LIMPOPO – The people of Bolobedu will soon be led by the youngest rain queen to date when 10-year-old Masalanabo Modjadji is inaugurated next year as Queen Modjadji 7.
This announcement was made by the Modjadji royal family on Saturday amid allegations that the future queen had been neglected by those claiming to care for her.
The clan has been without a rain queen for just over 10 years after Masalanabo’s aunt, Makobo Constance Modjadji, who was Queen Modjadji 6, passed away in 2005.
Mathole Motshekga, attorney for the Modjadji dynasty, spoke to CV in an exclusive interview…
He said Masalanabo was taken away from her family soon after the death of her mother.
Motshekga said some years after she was taken away from the royal family, the family received information that the child was being neglected.
“On hearing this, the family appointed me as a special investigator and it was subsequently found that the child was indeed being neglected.
“She was in and out of school for no apparent reason.
She was later withdrawn from a school in Magoebaskloof and was found in Kimberley where she was hidden in a shack made of logs that did not even have any windows,” Motshekga said.
“She had not been properly fed or dressed. A special tutor was arranged for her since she was behind with her syllabus.
“The Department of Education has now approved her to be placed in Gr 5,” he further explained.
Motshekga said after consultation with the the Office of the Presidency and the Department of Arts and Culture, it had been concluded that Masalanabo is ready to take her rightful place as the queen of the Balobedu clan.
“We are still in talks with those privy to the inauguration of Masalanabo as the new queen of the Balobedu clan and the celebrating of the accord,” he said.
Modjadji Royal Council Chairperson and Spokesperson for the Modjadji royal family, John Modjadji recently told CV that the Modjadjis were the only dynasty in the world with rare rainmaking powers and were able to speak to their ancestors using a magical horn.
He further confirmed that Masalanabo would soon take her rightful place as rain queen but said the matter was too momentous for him to discuss with the media.
